Customizing hotkeys

- [Instructor] One of the great things about 3DS Max…is it's customizability.…We can assign keyboard shortcuts to almost any command.…And in this case I want to customize my keyboard shortcuts…in order to get quick access to the zoom extends…all selected command.…And that's down here in the extreme lower right corner.…Zoom extends all selected.…And what that does is it zooms all of the view ports…to enclose the selected object.…

So if I select something like this plant,…and click zoom extends all selected,…then all of the view ports zoom to enclose that object…or frame it.…Well there's no keyboard shortcut for that.…There is a keyboard shortcut for its sister command,…which is zoom extends all.…And that we can get at by holding down the mouse button…here and we'll get a fly out.…And the white cube here or white box is zoom extends all.…

And when I choose that from the fly out…it also commits the command.…So my view ports all zoomed out are all dollied back…to enclose all geometry.…Okay so that's zoom extends all.…

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3/22/2018

3ds Max is best known for its modeling and rendering tools. These strengths come into play in architecture, manufacturing, game development, industrial design, and motion graphics. There are dozens of features and techniques to master, from sculpting and texturing to lighting and rendering. This course covers 3ds Max from the ground up, providing an overview of the entire package as well as essential skills that 3D artists need to create professional models and animations.

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